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<br />00003~ <br /> <br />UPPER t~IAS(13) <br /> <br />Proc:r~n 351.850: 1,hen the decision ,/as :.Iade to develop the Lower <br />Inrias Upit of 120,000 ac~es, large areDS of irricable land in the <br />Upper Inrias !Jasin l1cre left l1ith no available l-laters for their irri- <br />catio:",. r.le proGram for the Upper l-larias Unit in fiscal year 19/,G <br />'.-/2.~ to ex:)lore the possibilities of utilizing Il:latever waters of the <br />Wnterton, Eelly, and St. lwry Rivers that could be ~ade available to <br />.che United Gte te s. The se are all international streams and all of <br />tCloir I.laters could be used in Canada, but since three-fourt!ls of the <br />flm! oricinates in the United States, the~e appears to be a valid <br />claiLl to nuch of this 11Ilter. The problem of allocation of these <br />Imtcrs has been referred to an int.ernational joint comnission and <br />duri~~ the year nogotiations for conpletion of those allocations were <br />conductec. and a prolimina~' neeti.nc of t.he coI:llllission Has held in <br />Groat Falls, Hontana in June 19/.8. In the meantime small forces ',.Iere <br />in the field investi"ating several ,ossible routes for transportinG <br />Hater to tIle Upper Ilarias area. No final routes have been selected <br />althOUGh reasonably feasiblo routos appoar possible. Costs for the <br />year amount to ;;51,1,05. <br /> <br />LeMER _~.m3 RIVEn Bt!lill'JM <br /> <br />Pror:rap :;677. 5.9.Q: The LOI~er Platte River D2.sin includes that <br />portion of tho Platte Tliver lyi'lg east of Lal:e iicCenanr,h;' (Kinen18y <br />Reservoir) and Pro:bn, ilebrasJ:a, inelurlinc tile Loup Riv~r, Zlkhorn <br />Ri\'er 8.:1d othor lossor tributaries. The irri[.;ation of ~.a!.l8 <)00,000 <br />aeras is involved. InvestiGations for the purpose of developing the <br />f.i.nal plan for irrieat.i.on of this are9 havo. been proceedi11g for T.lore <br />than tllo "'eDrs. Several reservoirs, canels, pOHerplants, punpi'lg <br />plants, ane' ground ,-rater irric;ation lIells arc involved in the plan. <br /> <br />Deta.i.led topoerap1w of dam cnd re<Jervoir sites, foundatioa ox- <br />ploratio;cs, Hoter supply s.cudies, detailed land clas.cificatian, and <br />preparatio;1 of n'.l!lorotls ap,)ondixcs for the Basin re,ort have been <br />aetivel:' p~o2oe'"ted durin~: the year. On July 1, 191)3 the final Basin <br />rc:oort lias statod to bo G5 perce11t conpleto. Costs to June 30 lIero <br />)655,717. <br /> <br />NIOBRARA RIVER BASIN(15) <br /> <br />Pro'.t"'.l ')92.500: i.o development plans Here proposed for this <br />Basin in S. D. 191. Tho allocDtion made for this Basin for 1943 <br />lias for tho purpose of detom1nincr Hhether there arc addi tional <br />possibili tics in the Niobrara Basin and maJdne a report thereon. <br />A field force of 11 to 16 persons lias engaged in this Hork. Recon- <br />naissal~e classification of more than 240,000 acres had boen completed <br />Hhic': indicated that about 131,000 acres are irriGable. T'1ese are <br />scattered in tHO or threo separate bodies of land and to serve them <br /> <br />61 <br />